Hungarian cinema : from coffee house to multiplex / John Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, John, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Hungary--History.

Motion pictures.

Hungary.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Wallflower, 2004.

Summary:

Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian filmmakers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of filmmaking. Innovative and ground-breaking directors such as Miklos Jancso (Hungarian Rhapsody, The Red and the White), Istvan Szabo (Mephisto, Sunshine) and Marta Meszaros (Little Vilma: The Last Diary) emerged and established the reputation of Hungarian films on a global basis. This is the first book to discuss all major aspects of Hungarian cinema, including avant-garde, animation, and representations of the Gypsy and Jewish minorities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-252) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 232-239.

ISBN:

1903364809

1903364795

OCLC:

53124444